[Year 12 IT Apps] How to open winmail.dat attachments

[Cameron Bell]

+ 1!

You could also send a subtle reply that you were unable to receive the 
file etc because *your* computer is using standards-based software.  ;)

Cameron


Russell Edwards wrote:
>
> On 27/07/2007, at 10:28 AM, Jeff Kerry wrote:
>> A little research shows the winmail.dat was created when the sender was
>> using Outlook, which I don't use or want to.
>>
>> A little more digging found a free program called Winmail Reader that
>> neatly solves the problem. You can download it from
>
> ... or, we could encourage IT teachers set a good example and not 
> support software companies that make their software deliberately 
> incompatible and non-standards-compliant in order to reinforce their 
> monopoly...
>
> Russell
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